Prosecutor: The Whistler (December 12, 1954)

“Prosecutor” is an episode of The Whistler, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 12, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Assistant District Attorney Philip Graham wins a murder conviction against Tom Anderson, despite privately doubting his guilt. At a victory celebration he meets Corinne Scott, and an affair follows that pulls him away from his family and his career. Philip's son David is in medical school, and his good friend Professor Bentley is close to the family. The story follows Philip's growing secret and the choices it forces on him as the relationship becomes harder to hide.

A city courtroom and the Graham household, with a later apartment scene and a police investigation.

Characters: Philip Graham, Corinne Scott, David Graham, Professor Bentley, Tom Anderson, Kareem

Listen for: Philip's confrontation with Corinne in her apartment, and the choice she puts to him there.

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.